I actually worked with these guys a few years back. I quit after only two weeks for several reasons.
1. The owner ""Jim"" is such an arrogant prick that even his managers speak ill of him. When he came into the shop, he would stare down new employees to try to intimidate them. Is this someone you want to bring your business to?
2. They will screw their customers if given the chance. In the two weeks I worked there I saw customers get after market parts when they payed for OEM, I saw repairs done the wrong way, because it's ""faster,"" and I saw damaged parts that the insurance company payed to replace not get replaced because ""the owner is a black, so F em.""
3. They illegally withhold all employees first week's paycheck, just because. After you quit, you have to contact the Labor Board to get back. Jim is so arrogant he thinks you should work for free for a week just for the honor of working for him.
4. The shop is extremely ill-equipped. The paint booth is ancient, and does not filter the toxic fumes that exit the booth into the atmosphere - into the residential neighborhood. The frame machine has less than half of the equipment needed to make proper body repairs. The oil burning furnace leaks oil into the storm drain... polluting the local streams and lake Erie. The temperature in the winter is too low to allow proper curing for body fillers, adhesives, primers and paints, causing the body work to likely fail.
I think what they do at Jim Mazz is criminal, and the owners and managers should be held accountable for what they have done. Please, tell your friends and family what kind of place this is, and what kind of people they are. Spread the word, don't let them keep getting away with what they have done.
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